Apple · 6 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - Data
Cupertino, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$181K/yr - $318K/yr
8+ years expApple is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Data Engineering Infrastructure team, which builds and operates foundational platforms for data management. The role involves designing and developing scalable systems for data ingestion, transformation, and analytics, collaborating with various teams to enhance the data platform's performance and reliability.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable data infrastructure and frameworks supporting batch and streaming workloads
Develop common services for data ingestion, schema evolution, metadata management, and data quality enforcement
Implement automation for data pipeline deployment, monitoring, and governance
Collaborate with data engineers and platform teams to define APIs, SDKs, and libraries that make developing data applications simpler and safer
Improve performance, reliability, and observability of data pipelines and platform components
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions
Drive adoption of best practices in distributed systems, storage formats (Parquet, Iceberg), and data access layers
Contribute to capacity planning, cost optimization, and operational excellence in cloud and on-prem environments
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to the overall technical strategy and roadmap for the data platform
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience)
8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years focused on data systems or platform infrastructure
Strong programming skills in Java, Python; Scala - nice to have
Hands-on experience with distributed data frameworks such as Spark, Flink, or Kafka
Solid understanding of data modeling, storage formats (Parquet/Avro/ORC), and partitioning strategies
Familiarity with CI/CD, container orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Experience working with cloud-based data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and communication skills
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field
Experience building data infrastructure frameworks, SDKs, or shared libraries used by multiple data teams
Expertise in Apache Spark internals, Flink stateful streaming, or Kafka Connect ecosystems
Familiarity with data governance, cataloging, and schema management systems (e.g., Hive Metastore, Glue, Iceberg, Delta Lake)
Experience with Airflow, or other workflow orchestration tools
Prior exposure to observability stacks (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Splunk) for monitoring distributed jobs
Proven track record of leading design discussions, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-team technical initiatives
Benefits
Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Retirement benefits
A range of discounted products and free services
Reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition
Discretionary bonuses or commission payments
Relocation
Company
Apple
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Tim Cook
CEO
Craig Federighi
SVP, Software Engineering
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